Search results for "Pneumonia"
Private equity and hospitals
Experts and research look at effects of health care investing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/private-equity-and-hospitals.htm
15 Dec 2020
Cytokine release syndrome
The sequencing of codes for cytokine release syndrome and causative conditions is complicated.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/coding-corner-cytokine-release-syndrome.htm
15 Dec 2020
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • December 2020 ■■ ...
The DRG will be 816 (Immunity disorders without major CC). If CRS grade 3 is due to COVID-19 pneumonia, the following code sequence is assigned: U07.1 (COVID-19) first, ... fol-lowed by J12.89 (Other viral pneumonia) and D89.833 (CRS stage 3).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/acph-202012-coding-corner-cytokine-release-syndrome_t1.pdf
26 Nov 2020
A COVID ward at home
Two physicians recently told ACP Hospitalist about how their health system got a planned program to provide acute-level care in patients' homes running in two weeks at the start of the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/3.htm
25 Nov 2020
Latest inpatient COVID-19 research looks at plasma, intubation, delirium, VTE, and more
Recent studies showed that convalescent plasma didn't improve outcomes, a protocol reduced intubation rates, delirium was a common presentation among elderly patients, venous thromboembolism (VTE) was more common in the ICU, and racial disparities persisted after adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/2.htm
25 Nov 2020
Comfort measures only
I will never forget the 56-year-old woman who was admitted to our intermediate care unit with COVID-19 pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/comfort-measures-only.htm
15 Nov 2020
CV risks of flu, CAUTI protocol, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2020
A collection of individual cases
Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/brief-case-a-collection-of-individual-cases.htm
15 Nov 2020
Routine bronchoscopy may not be necessary in patients with EVALI
Findings from a case series of patients with electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) at a hospital in Utah suggest that bronchoscopy rarely contributed meaningfully to diagnosis, given the frequency of false positives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/11/3.htm
11 Nov 2020
coding corner November 2020 • ACP Hospitalist 5 Cytokine ...
Code Title. J12.89 Other viral pneumonia. J22 Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/acph-202011-coding-corner-covid-19_t1.pdf
30 Oct 2020